History
Old Clarksville is an archaeological waterfront site in Clarksville, Indiana, closely tied to George Rogers Clark. He built a cabin there in 1803 to live apart from his sister at Locust Grove and also established a mill at Mill Run. The cabin became a well-known stopping place for visitors including Aaron Burr, John James Audubon, and Indian chiefs. After Clark’s accident in 1809, he left the cabin permanently, and the original structure was lost in 1854. A reconstructed cabin built in 2001, linked to bicentennial interest in the Lewis and Clark Expedition, stood where Meriwether Lewis and William Clark met before their journey until fire destroyed it in 2021.
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Clarksville, Indiana · United States
